“Chupa, chupa, chupa, cha-la wal-la wah-oo-oo oh wha-oo-ay Ti-pi-ti-na che-na-wal-la woncha doncha cha-la tee-na wey…”

—Professor Longhair, 1954

“On swamp islands, strange rites are celebrated. Naked youths with alligator masks dance before the gator goat god who has the head of an alligator and the feet of a goat.”

—William S. Burroughs, 1979